Archive for June 2010
figit & the weed
East Village Riddle Raffle JUNE 11 – JUNE 18
ANSWER:
Artists’ Comment by John Sunderland.
Artists’ Comment by John Sunderland.
This has to be one of the most bizarre images I have ever drawn. (the) Egg plant (s) Napoleon.
The challenge of giving a 3D dramatic reality to such an item, is a great place to start, especially as I imagined a heroic landscape as a backdrop. I almost always include
a red-herring in these illustrations, in this case it’s not a fish but a giant reddish brown egg on a hill, all smashed up and burning.
I imagined a castle laid waste by Napoleon and his army, the egg in the foreground had his deadly retribution on the Emperor
for scrambling the others in the clutch, and now has the satisfaction of burying him deep!
Life Cafe 983 Dinner Specials
Dinner Entrees & Specials are Served 7 Days From 5pm
6//11-6/17
sirloin medallion
APPETIZER
FLASH FRIED CALAMARI 6.99
tossed w/ papaya, mesclun salad and chipotle mayo
ENTREES
SIRLOIN MEDALLION 14.99
served in a red wine mushroom sauce w/ roasted potatoes
& green beans
pan fried pork chop
PAN FRIED PORK CHOP 12.99
served in a cherry wine sauce w/ roasted potatoes
& green beans
SALMON FILLET 12.99
served in a mushroom cream sauce w/ mashed potatoes
& sauteed spinach
salmon fillet
DESSERTS
CREPE 3.99
w/ mixed berries or banana chocolate w/ walnuts
BERRY PIE 3.99
strawberries, blueberries, & blackberries
CAPPUCCINO CHEESECAKE 3.99
made w/ espresso & chocolate chips
cappuccino cheesecake
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Dinner entrees & specials are served 7 Days from 5pm
Life Cafe East Village: Livin’ It Up 8:30pm Wednesday June 9th
Straight from the comedians’ mouth…….Annie Lederman folks………………
It’s hot out!!!! Come to Life Cafe this Wednesday at 8:30pm to cool down with a nice, ice cold pitcher of hilarious comedians and an amazing line up of margaritas! Oh boy, am I wasted? No. But I am excited! This is a very special edition of Livin’ It Up! I have friends in town and the pressure to impress is on! Please remember to call your parents at 8:25pm and say goodbye because you’re probz gonna laugh to death. Just a suggestion.
We got:
Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central, Opie and Anthony)
Sean Patton (Jimmy Fallon, Live at Gotham)
Robert Dean (Portrait of a Comedian)
Giulia Rozzi (UCB Stripped Stories)
annie lederman
Life Cafe 983 Tuesday Night ‘Action Movie’ Night
COME PLAY ‘BATTLESHIP for BOOZE’
EVERY tuesday night 6pm – 12am
each drink gets you a marker on the game board
each ‘HIT‘ gets you a free drink! Each ‘SINK‘ gets you a free shot!
also enjoy TUESDAY PM ‘ACTION’ MOVIE NIGHT
THIS WEEK: 6/8/2010
Transformers 1 & 2′ & ‘Rock n Rolla’ & ‘Layer Cake’
Life Cafe 983 Monday Night ‘Bushflix’
1/2 Price Bottle of Wine Night w/ purchase of 2 entrees
Movie @ 9pm ‘A Serious Man’
East Village Riddle Raffle JUNE 4 – JUNE 11
Answer: Beef it up!
Artists’ comment by John Sunderland.
There’s something about the way that cattle seem to look at the world, with complete complacency and acceptance. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see
a cow drifting by, chewing the cud, suspended irrationally in the sky, as though it was the most normal way for a cow to get about.
The thing about surreal illustrations is that they have to be well executed, this image is not quite there. I would like to try it again as a painting and take more time over it. I have alway had trouble with cows!
983 Riddle Raffle JUNE 4- JUNE 11
ANSWER
Gammon is an English name for thick cut bacon- bacon is the flesh of a pig- and this is the back of a pig! Hence Backgammon. I’ve been told that Americans don’t know or use the word ‘Gammon’ apart from in the sense
of BackGammon the game. Well you learn something new everyday folks!
However for that fact, on the Obscurity chart, this ranks a 7, that doesn’t count if you are European in which case the obscurity level would be a one or two.
Cheers, John, the Old Yorkshireman in New York.
983 Riddle Raffle MAY 29- JUNE 4
‘LEMON CHEESECAKE’ artists’ note, by John Sunderland.
Cheeky huh! I Iooked in our fridge the other day and there was this lonely lemon sat on a shelf, and coincidentally, at Life Cafe Bushwick we had Lemon Cheesecake on the menu…so.
Clues wise, ‘Cheesecake’ was the generic term used for the kind of glamour illustrations and calendar photos that my dad would used to have in his office. So here is my
image of a sexy lemon inspired by the blonde and lovely, ‘Miss April’ from 1961. ( I am currently being investigated by the anti-sexism organization for exploitation of citrus fruit. Obscurity level, I give it a 3 on a scale of 10.
